Summit Free Public library offers two new digital services

The Summit Free Public Library now offers two new digital services: Zinio for Libraries, a collection of electronic magazines, and OneClickdigital, which provides downloadable audiobooks and e-books. Both are available for free to Summit library cardholders.

Awarded Best New Database of 2012 by Library Journal, Zinio is the world’s largest newsstand, offering multi-user access to popular publications.

Through the library’s website, Summit library cardholders have unlimited multi-user access to 16 complete digital magazines, which can easily be viewed on most Internet-enabled devices inside or outside of the library. The e-magazines can be read on a computer and/or downloaded on a variety of mobile devices with internet capability for on-line and off-line viewing. There are also special apps for Android, Blackberry Playbook, iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, and Kindle Fire.

Zinio’s unique technology digitally recreates a magazine page for page, including full color pictures key word article search and interactive elements such as audio and video. The Summit Free Public Library subscribes to National Geographic, EatingWell, Forbes, House Beautiful, and Road & Track, among others.

“It’s like being able to carry a stack of magazines with me wherever I go,” said Abigail Dreyer, the library’s Head of Adult Services.

Also new on the library’s website is OneClickdigital, an online service that allows patrons to check out eAudiobooks and eBooks, including best-sellers, selections for children and young adults, and much more.

Patrons have free access to eAudio and eBooks at home, in the library, or on the go. Many titles are multi-access, so multiple users can check out a given title at the same time, eliminating the need for reserves. OneClickdigital is compatible with all popular listening devices, and mobile apps are available for the iPhone, Android, and Kindle Fire. OneClickdigital features an easy-to-use interface with streamlined navigation, fast downloads, and automatic software updates. The library’s collection through OneClickdigital includes classics for children and adults, as well as titles by such popular authors as Clive Cussler, Glenn Beck, Khaled Hosseini, Jeanette Walls, and John Sandford.

See a librarian at the reference desk for more information on how to access these services; go to summitlibrary.org; or call 908-273-0350. The library is at 75 Maple St.